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Metal By Numbers 7/20: Chevelle are the kings in the north…corridor

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.

Game of Thrones has been done for a few weeks now, and if you’re a fan you’ve likely heard by now that season seven has been delayed. Naturally, that’s led to the joke that George R.R. Martin, author of the books and often ridiculed for writing slowly, may actually finish the sixth book in that time (he’s been at it for about five years now). But those fans who also listen to metal may scoff at the amount of pissing and moaning going on over only five years between releases. After all, we’re no strangers to getting our hopes up over when new albums might be coming out. Just look at the most recent rumor regarding Tool’s new album a whole decade after their last one. When it comes to highly-anticipated releases, we should know by now that it’ll be done when it’s done and when the creators bless us with the news themselves.

Also, before we get to the charts, the total number of units sold for Megadeth’s Dystopia was requested. The album has sold over 125,700 copies so far this year and remains the top selling metal album to be released in 2016. Deftones follow in second with over 110,700 sold.

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A Pale Horse Named Death, the project featuring former Life Of Agony and Type O Negative members will release their new album When The World Becomes Undone on January 18th, 2019 via Long Branch Records/SPV. Today (14th), the group are streaming the new song “Vultures.” Check out the track below and pre-order the album here.

Blink-182’s Travis Barker’s Musink festival will return in March at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. The event is scheduled to run from March 8th-10th as Suicidal Tendencies and Limp Bizkit will be next year’s headliners. While we are still waiting for a third headliner to be announced, other acts include Hatebreed, […]

KoRn guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer joined Hyro the Hero onstage earlier this week (4th) during Hyro’s performance at the Viper Room in Los Angeles, CA. Shaffer’s surprise guest appearance was for the song “Devil In Disguise,” taken from Hyro’s latest effort Flagged Channel. Check out the fan-filmed clip below: [via Revolver]

It looks like Mastodon are working on their follow-up to 2017’s Emperor of Sand. Drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor shared an image via Instagram of himself and guitarist Bill Kelliher confirming new music is in the works. Check out the image below: View this post on Instagram […]

Machine Head’s Robb Flynn has revealed he will perform at Stars to the Rescue XXVIII, which is scheduled to be held on January 26, 2019 at Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, CA. Flynn will have a 30 minute performance as he announced his participation in the below video: Tickets are available at […]